In September 2016, CITI-SENSE has been finalised. A big thank you to everyone who helped us making CITI-SENSE a successful project. More information about the project as well as a selection of deliverables, reports and publications is available at the web pages of the CITI-SENSE Citizens' Observatory Toolbox.

Micro air quality sensors have gained great popularity in recent years. However, are they reliable and the data robust? The CITI-SENSE consortium has published an article about an evaluation toolkit for such air quality devices: Fishbain B et al (2016): An evaluation toolkit of air quality micro-sensing units. Science of The Total Environment. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.061.

The CITI-SENSE Citizens’ Observatories Web Portal provides an access point to all our apps, widgets, web pages and sensor based tools and questionnaires. You can get information about how to acquire, install and use them. You can also access the data already collected. For the technically minded, you can get information about the sensing devices, and about how to use our data for your own applications. And of course, you can also learn about the project that brought this to you, CITI-SENSE, and links to our social media platforms. Visit co.citi-sense.eu today and provide us with your feedback!

After months of intensive work of preparation, we can now proudly announce the public launch of eight Citizens' Observatories (COs) for outdoor air quality. This is the last part in a series of COs in CITI-SENSE. 12 COs for indoor air quality in schools have started their work in spring this year, as well as four COs for personal comfort (see Newsletter no 9).
The COs for outdoor air quality make use of both static and portal sensors that provide near real-time air quality information in eight European cities (Barcelona, Belgrade, Edinburgh, Haifa, Ljubljana, Oslo, Ostrava, Vienna). The data is made visible through widgets and mobile applications. Citizens have the opportunity to provide feedback and share information through a mobile application or internet based questionnaires and web portals. The CITI-SENSE Citizens' Observatory web portalis connecting all local initiatives. More information will follow throughout the next months.

The CITI-SENSE Citizens' Observatory Web Portal is finally online! It provides an access point to all our apps, widgets, web pages and sensor based tools and questionnaires. You can get information about how to acquire, install and use them. You can also access the data already collected. For the technically minded, you can get information about the sensing devices, and about how to use our data for your own applications. And of course, you can also learn about the project that brought this to you, CITI-SENSE, and links to our social media platforms.